Banking Up

We deliver good banking services to all, no matter their level of income, education and bankability, through mobile and online.

  • Stage $5M in TTM Revenue
  • Industry Financial Services
  • Location New York City, NY, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded November 2005
  • Employees 15
  • Website bankingup.com

Company Summary

We deliver personal financial services to large audiences of un(der)banked consumers, both directly (online and mobile) and by private-labeling our platform to businesses. By taking consumers away from the cash economy, away from check cashers and away from payday lenders, we stabilize people financially and help then (re)build their lives.

Team

  • Jon Hennen
    Director of Operations

    Prior: Sr Project Mger at Fidelity Information Services
    Prior: Sr Account Mger at TMS Health
    Prior: Account Mger at Precision Response
    Prior: Business Analyst at American Express

  • Daniel Clark
    Financial Controller

    Prior: Business Analyst at MasterCard
    Prior: Sr Operations Analyst at Pay By Touch

  • Carles Guillot
    CMO and co-founder

    Prior: in charge of Visa and MasterCard relations at Mobile365
    Prior: business development at Oberthur Card Systems

  • Justin Surman
    CTO

    Prior: Technology Advisor at Nexit Ventures
    Prior: responsible for operations at Singapore data center of Mobile 365
    Prior: VP Technology at 12snap
    Prior: IT manager at Unilever Europe

  • Patrice Peyret
    CEO and co-founder

    Prior: CEO and co-founder of Mobile365 (sold to Sybase in 2006 for $425MM)
    Prior: CEO and founder of Integrity Arts (sold to Sun Microsystems in 1997 for 35MM)
    Prior: VP R&D at Gemplus (now Gemalto)
    Prior: VP R&D for Thomson Consumer Electronics

  • Patrice Peyret

Advisors

  • Cooley, LLP (Palo Alto, CA)
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed
    Raich Ende & Malter (New York, NY)
    Accountant
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Core Innovation Capital (www.corevc.com)
    Unconfirmed
    Business angels
    Unconfirmed

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